Amy West

@amyewest.bsky.social

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GovTrack.Us, 4.5 cats (4 indoor, one resolutely outdoor who accepts food & pets & reprimands us when we don’t pay enough attention to her), occasional gardener, dilettante.

What I call a PB&J Smoothie: Plain yogurt, frozen raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, splash of milk, couple shakes of honey roasted peanuts. Like ice cream for breakfast except better for me.
An elderly brown tabby cat who is becoming increasingly incontinent sitting loaf style on a waterproof pad on an ottoman. He seems sad, possibly because he’s not being allowed on a human’s lap right now.
A lock screen alert of a spam email that Gmail apparently doesn’t recognize about me verifying my nonexistent Indian passport.
Some brick patio covered in pale pink carpet mute flowers blown off the tree in a storm.
A chubby seal point and gray mix cat sits loaf style on an ottoman. A fluffy gray tabby sits loaf style on a side table. They’re facing each other and the gray tabby’s reaching a front paw out to the seal point. Everyone is calm and apparently friendly.
An elderly brown tabby lies in a window perch. His head is hanging over the wooden frame of the perch which has pushed his flea collar away from the back of his neck. He is soundly asleep.
Two African violets on a hanging platter. The one on the left looks flat and deflated for reasons known only to itself.
An orchid cactus flower with thin white petals, yellow anthers and a pink stigma.
An orange and white cat lies curled on an ottoman like a shrimp. She’s sleeping and her orange extra squared off muzzle is extra cute. Also mostly pink but lightly freckled toe beans. This cat is the whole package.
A fluffy gray tabby in profile with her face buried in a bowl of kibble.
An orchid cactus with three blooms all at once in nearly a vertical line. The flowers have thin white petals, yellow anthers and pink stigmas. They look like fireworks mid-explosion.
A larger curly locks orchid cactus on the right with a bloom stalk that is now drooping and will be rotting within a day. It’s almost to flower - the end is just about to unfurl.
Trump Asserts Outlandish Claims About Election Results in Address President Trump laid out a purported effort by China to undermine him in 2019. But the posted documents were far more guarded in their conclusions.
A fluffy gray tabby lies on her side on a desk and uses a human’s hand as her pillow.
A small metal funnel stuck in a cat sized pill pocket and braced against a plastic storage container to allow for using both hands to fill the pocket with powdered medicine.
Several plants on a table top. In the front are two curly locks orchid cactuses, one smaller, one larger. The larger has a flower stalk that is about 6 inches long. It looks yellowish in the light of the photo so it may die today like the two flower stalks on this plant before it.
An orchid cactus bloom. The petals are white and thin and the stigma is deep pink and anthers are yellow.
A fluffy gray tabby sitting loaf style with one outstretched front paw sitting on wall to wall carpeting in a back corner next to boxes and small unplugged office appliances. She doesn’t seem miserable or like she’s doing Sick Cat Hiding.
An orange and white cat sits on her haunches looking annoyed a foot all game runs in the background.
A seal point and gray mix cat lies on a sofa. She in on her side with her feet stuck out in front of her and her head flat on the cushion.
A small terra cotta pot with a small curly locks orchid cactus with a tiny nub of a bud and a currently happy purple oxalis plant intertwined.
A fluffy gray tabby on a bed. She’s sitting mostly loaf style, but with one front paw stretched out and a smug look on her face. Even with closed eyes.
A fluffy gray tabby licks a very small amount of ice cream leftover in a bowl.
A fluffy gray tabby sits on her haunches with an expectant expression bc she thinks there should already be an empty ice cream bowl to lick.
A newly repotted curly locks orchid cactus hopefully happy & drier in its new terra cotta pot with cactus mix soil. There’s one last bud.
An orange and white tabby sits curled up on a person’s lap. She’s facing the camera. Her ears are wide, but not with annoyance. They just stay wide. Her tail is held down by one front paw. She’s staring into space.
A seal point and gray mix cat sleeps on her side on a blanket with a whole lot of her tongue sticking out.
Two curly locks orchid cactus plants, one in a 6” terra cotta pot, the other in a 4” of the same filled with cactus planting mix on top of a piece of hardie plank.
A fluffy gray tabby lies on her side, semi-curled in the top seat of an oval double-decker cat basket.
A medium hair calico cat sitting loaf style on an area rug. Her feet are white, her nose and mustache are peach and the rest is tortie colors.
Part of a calico cat’s head visible outside of a basket. It’s her right cheek fluff and right ear.
A basket with lounging space for cats on top and inside. On top is the seal point and gray mix Susan and inside only barely visible thanks to her pale gray muzzle is Sweetie.
An orange and white cat sitting in her haunches and staring at the camera. She would like her tea (canned food) now.
A fluffy gray tabby sits on a table loaf style. She’s next to an open container of kibble, but not eating any. She is mid-slow blink of love though. She’s a very good cat.
A curly locks orchid cactus flower stalk that has shifted from being horizontal this morning to drooping in the afternoon. It’s just barely begun to open and you can see a hint of the white petals. Probably won’t make it to full bloom.
Curly locks orchid cactus blower stalk with the bloom starting to just barely open. Looks like the flower will be white.
A small, plump brown tabby sits propped against green-gray siding. Her torso is towards the camera, but her back half is sort of to the side. She’s using her upper back leg to scratch her neck. Her tail rests on the ground and you can see her bright orangey-tan belly.
A fluffy gray tabby cat lying on her side with her head and shoulders lifted up to drink from a water fountain while she reclines.
Another bud stalk on a curly locks orchid cactus. About 5 inches long.
A close up of an orchid cactus leaf with a tiny bud just starting to grow.
A bed that still needs weeding with plants I hope will survive there. For now they’ll sit unplanted to see if they live. Two giant leopard plants in the back corners and five hostas around the front edge.
Anna preferred order and knew herself to have entered upon that stage of the game Molly dubbed the Pre-Curmudgeon Warm-ups.
An orchid cactus with black circles drawn around three leaf stalks to indicate where blooms are starting.
A fluffy gray tabby lies on her side on top of a large and low Chewy box. One front and back foot each are hanging off as is the end of her tail. She’s asleep with a catnip banana for a pillow. Pretty much her idea of utter bliss.
A plump brown tabby lies on her back on a stucco deck with one side propped against the side of a house. Her back legs, tail and head are completely flat while one front leg is folded across her body and the other is up in the air above her head.
A currently weedy flower bed with three healthy curcuma lilies in it.
An orange and white cat sits on her haunches patiently waiting to have some kibble while a fluffy gray tabby sits loaf style scarfs down kibble first.
An orchid cactus bloom close to actually opening up, but which is beginning to fail. The portion of stalk closest to the bud has turned yellow and is drooping and feels like it’s lost structural integrity.
A chart from a swim showing the swimmer’s heart rate staying in zone two the most, zone 3 next most and zone 1 the least.
A curly locks orchid cactus bud stalk about half an inch long.
A flower bud for a curly locks orchid. It’s on a long stalk. The bud itself is about an inch long. It has some definition of eventual petals.
I know that this blissful state of just sitting together will last forever right?
A fluffy gray tabby stands on a sofa arm and side eyes a bowl with chocolate ice cream and strawberries. She was expecting to a lick a tiny bit of vanilla. She’s not mad; just disappointed.
measure moves, effectively freezing the House floor in an effort to pressure the Senate.
It will certainly show what our ancestors would be thinking if they were alive today. People have often speculated about this. Would they approve of modern society, they ask, would they marvel at present-day achievements? And of course this misses a fundamental point. What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?”
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A curly locks orchid cactus bloom stalk about five inches long with a small bud about half an inch long so far.
A fluffy gray tabby cat sitting loaf style on a floor. Her pupils are huge because she’s had a whole lot of good drugs today to hopefully help with pain from having been declawed as a kitten.
The side of a garage with a sign on it for the company onsight industries.
A fluffy gray tabby on a dining room table eating 1/4 can of fancy feast upon return from the vet.